DURATION OF THE WAR.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1533, 8 April 1916, Page 4

DURATION OF THE WAR.

In introducing a resolution proposing to extend the term of .the present Canadian Parliament for one year, Sir R. Borden, the Prime Minister, said that the war would continue probably through the greater part qf next year. He. stated that in his belief the Central Powers lost all chance of victory when their first effort failed, and that they would absolutely fail in the end. From information in his possession he did not believe that we were more than half-way through the war at the present time. We were not yet prepared to throw the whole weight and strength of the Empire into the struggle, and would not be able to do so until nearly two years from the beginning of the war. Sir Wilfred Laurier, in replying, recalled the fact that the entry of Britain into the war was due, not to ambition, but to a determination to perform her duty to humanity after every effort had been made to preserve peace. To the German mind, poisoned with the lust of power and dreams of booty and glory, the appeal of Sir E- Gray was vain. There was nothing then for Britain to do but to commence hostilities, and nothing for Canada to do but to place at the disposal of Great Britain all her resources in men and money. If Germany won the war Germany would win all that they held sacred and valued more than life itself. “I speak from my heart and soul,” he declared, ‘‘when I say that if Germany wins I shall be thankful to Providence if I lose my life before the sun rises on that day.” Sir Wilfrid Laurier agreed to support the extension resolution as a measure which would assist in the successful prosecution of the war. The resolution was adopted without further debate.